Legal Opinion

Burleson v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 13, 1937No. 18687PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

— The offense is driving an automobile on a public highway while intoxicated; the punishment, a fine of two hundred dollars and confinement in jail for thirty days.

The caption fails to show the date of the adjournment of the trial court. Under the decisions, this defect requires the dismissal of the-appeal. Miller v. State, 86 S. W. (2d) 460.

No sentence appears in the record. The offense of which appellant was convicted being a felony, it was the duty of the trial court to pronounce sentence upon the judgment of conviction. Under the decisions, an offense is a felony which is…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Miller v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1935
  2. McCloud v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1933

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Thomas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1941

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